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Cleanest Cities

Six cities ranked on all three lists of the cleanest cities in 2011-2013. That means they had no days when the air quality reached the unhealthy level for ozone or short-term particle pollution and they were on the list of the cleanest cities for year-round particle pollution. Listed alphabetically, the six cities are:

How Does Your City Compare?

Find out how your area measures up to our cleanest cities. To compare any two cities, go to Compare Your Air.

Bismarck, ND

Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples, FL

Elmira-Corning, NY

Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN

Rapid City-Spearfish, SD

Salinas, CA

Ten other cities ranked as the cleanest for both year-round and short-term particle pollution, listed alphabetically:

Bangor, ME

Farmington, NM

Flagstaff, AZ

Homosassa Springs, FL

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

North Port-Sarasota, FL

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Two other cities were on both the cleanest cities lists for ozone and for year-round particle pollution, listed alphabetically:

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Urban Honolulu, HI

Thirteen other cities made both the cleanest cities lists for ozone and for short-term particle pollution, listed alphabetically:

Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX

Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA

Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL

Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI

Gadsden, AL

Harrisonburg-Staunton-Waynesboro, VA

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI- MN

Lincoln-Beatrice, NE

McAllen-Edinburg, TX

Monroe-Ruston-Bastrop, LA

Montgomery, AL

Rochester-Austin, MN

Sioux Falls, SD

Did You Know?Air pollution is a serious health threat. It sends people to the hospital, shapes how kids’ lungs develop, and can even be deadly.